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This photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 and provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows the Russian missile cruiser Moskva on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea near the Syrian coast. The Russian military has deployed the Moskva closer to the shore to help protect Russian warplanes with its air defense missiles following the downing of a Russian bomber by Turkey at the border with Syria. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)